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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo, Alajuela, CR;

Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Bozeman, MT (US);

Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata, IN;

David Jaramillo, Durham, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); G16Y 30/10 (2020.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); G16Y 40/10 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/12 (2013.01); G16Y 30/10 (2020.01); G16Y 40/10 (2020.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01);
Abstract

An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and system for managing a sensor area network. An embodiment may include, in response to receiving a geofence trigger event from an Internet of Things device, determining whether to add the Internet of Things device to a sensor area network of Internet of Things devices within a geofence area based on a validation technique. An embodiment may include, in response to determining to add the Internet of Things device, updating the sensor area network with information associated with the Internet of Things device. An embodiment may include enabling sharing of information within the sensor area network between member devices of the sensor area network and the Internet of Things device.


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